Meet Victor from Spain, an exchange student in the Department of Computer Science – Electrical Engineering. With the International Day around the corner, hear this International student recount his experiences in India and IIT-M. What led you to choose India for your Exchange program among all the countries available? What expectations did you have before you came here? Honestly, I did not have any time to build up any expectations. I initially planned on going to France and

As we have the International Day around the corner, we present the next and the last article in the series. This is an interview of Manuel, an international student from Portugal, who seems to be overwhelmed by his experiences here. Read on to know more about his experiences in India and at IIT Madras. What is your course of study here? How do you feel about it? I’m doing electrical engineering with a few courses from the Department of Management Studies, because I need these

Aryendra Sharma, an alumnus of the 2018 batch, is currently working in the professional services firm, Alvarez & Marsal which was a Day 1.1 company during the placements. In an interview with Chennai36, he talks about his experience at A&M, his placement experience and how one should go about preparing. How has been your experience working with A&M so far? A&M is a consulting firm, more popular abroad than in India, especially in the U.S. The team in which I’m working has the

American Express is one of the world’s largest payment services provider. It is a Day 1 company and one of the most coveted in Analytics profile during the insti placement process. Akash Garg, a Dual Degree Civil Engineering alumnus of 2018, speaks to Chennai36 about his placement experience with AmEx. 1. How did you get interested in analytics and how did you zero in on AmEx? Till the end of my 3rd year, I was not really sure about what I was interested in, although I figure

Naman Garg, a recent graduate from the Mechanical Engineering department of IIT Madras is currently working as Associate Product Manager at Flipkart. We at Chennai36, spoke to him about his experience and compiled fundaes for the placement season. Cue) Let’s start by talking about your final year insti life, especially the placement phase… My final year in the institute was pretty dynamic… I don’t know how exactly to describe it, but it was a mix of a lot of things, the typic

Vansh Gera from the Department of Chemical Engineering talks to Chennai36 about his insti life and dispenses some gyan about his placement experience at the investment bank and financial services company, Goldman Sachs. Hi Vansh, so what do you do in Goldman Sachs? I am in securities division. This is one of the four or five divisions of Goldman Sachs which they come to hire. In securities there are two main divisions: Equities and FICC (Fixed Income, Currencies and Commoditi

Here is a glimpse of how the placement process was and some related fundaes, from our recent alumnus, Mitul Shah, from the Department of Engineering Design, who is now placed at FinMechanics, a day 1 company during the placement season. Placement Process Review – Non-Core Firstly, being from ED gives you a little disadvantage here. We have a compulsory 6-month internship during our 8th semester, which is right before our placements. Because of this, I did not get sufficient t

Akhil Reddy, an alumnus from the department of Electrical Engineering, shares his experiences of going through the placement season and landing a job at Barclays – one of the biggest companies in the banking sector. Here is a short excerpt from our interview with Akhil. 1. How was your placement experience? What was going on in your mind? So, I got placed on day 3. I was disappointed with myself after the first 2 days. When I walked in for the interviews on day 1, I thought I

Rahul Sahani, from the Department of Civil Engineering, was placed at Citi Bank. In this interview with Chennai36, he talks about his journey in the institute and recounts his placement experience. What does your work at Citibank involve doing? The work here is mostly web development and coding. Quite a few are not from a CS background so we have to undergo some training. Currently, what I’m working on is a web application wherein we have to shift a web app that was built 5

Rohan Ajith, a 2017 Chemical Engineering alumnus talks about his placement experience and subsequent selection in Vedanta. He talks about the work culture at Vedanta and what they look for in employees. He also gives a lot of insight and interesting opinions on how PoRs can be used effectively to overcome CGPA barriers and help in your day to day work. The Dynamic Work Culture My experience with Vedanta has been great so far. I am placed in Bharat Aluminium Company (BALCO) a

Axis Bank, India’ largest retail bank is a sought after company during the placement process. Read below where our recent alumnus – Srinivas Sridharan, a graduate of the Department of Mechanical engineering shares his experience of working at Axis and the placement process to bag this coveted job offer. How​ ​was​ ​your​ ​Placement​ ​experience?  What was going on in your mind? Placement was very important to me because I did not have any other backup plan for the future. I d

Anirvan Bordoloi (DD-NA ’17), shares his experience on maneuvering the placement season and landing a job at JP Morgan- one of the largest investment banks in the world. Here is a short excerpt from our interview with Anirvan about the hows and whys of finance. What was your placement experience? Which companies did you apply to and get shortlisted for and what other options did you have? My placement was, as anticipated, quite stressful, which is quite common. I was aiming m

Anheuser-Busch Inbev is a multinational beverage and brewing company and is considered to be one of the largest fast-moving consumer goods companies in the world. Below is an excerpt from the interview with Gaurav Singhvi, a 2017 Chemical Engineering graduate. Read on to find more about the selection procedure for the company and how he was able to get into it. Could you describe your job profile and how did you develop an interest in analytics? Could you describe your relati

Akshay Govindaraj shares his experience on maneuvering the placement season and landing a job at HSBC- one of the largest banks in the world. Here is a short excerpt from our interview with Akshay about the hows and whys of finance. What was your placement experience? Which companies did you apply to and get shortlisted for? What other options did you have? My placement performance gradually improved from the first interview. I remember my first interview was such that as soo

Sreeharsha Gunda was a Biological engineering dual degree graduate, currently enrolled in the Global IT Leadership programme of Astrazeneca. Astrazeneca is a multinational, science-led biopharmaceutical business, ranked seventh in the world for its research and development. The two-year programme comprises four rotations, each lasting six months. You could be working on business process change, implementing cloud-based technologies, developing mobile applications and lots mor

Hanut V, a graduate of the Department of Aerospace Engineering shares with us his journey at getting a research admit at EPFL Switzerland. Read on to know his tips, tricks and advice for applicants. Please tell us about yourself, the university you are studying at, the research field you are working on, and the scope it has to offer after an MS. What work do you plan to do after you finish your post-graduation, and where do you see yourself after 5-10 years? I am currently pu

Meet Daniel Viju, a 2017 Chemical Engineering alum who is doing PhD in Iowa State University. He is not the typical 9 pointer who had his future plans laid out neatly. Here he talks about how he found his insti-love, followed his passion and ended up a PhD scholar. Here he takes on the common CGPA myths about Grad admissions and gives a break down analysis of the application procedure. A Two-sided Love Story I spent my first year roaming around, exploring new things and makin

Dr.Nandita DasGupta received her B.E. degree in Electronics and Telecommunication Engineering from Jadavpur University, Kolkata, India in 1982, M.Tech and PhD from I.I.T. Madras in 1984 and 1988 respectively. She was awarded Alexander von Humboldt Fellowship in 1991 and spent one year in Germany doing Post-doctoral research in the area of Surface Passivation of Compound Semiconductors. She has been a Faculty member in the Department of Electrical Engineering, I.I.T. Madras si

Arpan Sasmal is an alumnus from the Department of Chemistry who is pursuing his PhD from Université de Rennes, France . In this interaction with Chennai 36, he speaks about the challenges of pursuing a PhD in France and gives some practical ideas on how to manage life in this foreign land. Please tell us about your experiences at IIT Madras and how they shaped your career decisions towards graduate studies. It was really a great experience to study at IIT Madras. The Departme

Abhinav Parakh is an alumnus of the batch of 2017, Department of Chemical Engineering . In an interview with Chennai36, he talks about his grad experience as a PhD scholar at Stanford University in Material Science and Engineering . Read on to know about the application procedure, his thought process while applying and for some exclusive insights into the life of a scholar at Stanford. Could you tell something about yourself, the university you are studying in, and the resear